Zola In Recovery

MSW. QMHP-R. CADC-R. CSWA. Recovery, Corrections, Neurodivergence. Used to be homeless, now I build systems that heal. Venmo @ ZolaMarie

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

If you ever had a “move back in with your parents” stage, you have no business judging homeless people. The only difference between you and them is you were privileged enough to have a fallback.

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

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[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

To everyone so eager to cancel someone for a tattoo they got at age 22, a drunk text, a selfie they took in the middle of a mental health crisis:

Show us your laptop.
Show us your iCloud.
Open your entire digital life to your worst enemy. No context. No filter. No explanation.

You won’t.

You won’t because you know what I know. Any one of us, frozen at our worst moment, photographed in our lowest hour, looks like a monster. Looks like a stranger. Looks like someone who deserves to be cast out.

That is not who we are.

My mom and baby sister were killed in a car accident when I was just a kid. Cancer took my brother Beau, my best friend and my rock. I battled alcoholism. I battled addiction. I chose the coward’s way out more times than I can count.

For years I believed the defining chapters of my life were written by tragedy, loss, and shame.

I no longer believe that.

Pain can shape us. Loss can humble us. Failures can leave scars that never fully fade. But none of them have the authority to define us.

And it sure as hell ain’t the critic that counts.

That authority belongs to us alone-the person in the arena.

Every setback presents a choice. Play the victim, or cut the bullshit and take ownership for who we become next.

Life does not determine our character. It reveals it.

Again and again we are asked the same question. When shit happens, what next?

We are not defined by what happened to us. We are not defined by the worst photo, the worst text, the worst tattoo, the worst night. We are defined by the person we choose to become. And by the courage to choose that person, every single day.

So before you reach for the gavel - show us your laptop.

You won’t.

The whole world saw mine. And I am still here. Still becoming. Still choosing. Still standing.

That is the only definition that matters.

[Danean @DaneanHere2]

@ZolaInRecovery Speed kills. Don't meth around.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

Pro tip- never tell a person in early recovery that they look “healthy.” All they hear is “you’ve gained weight and look fatter,” and it can be triggering.
Instead try, “you look so good,” or “You look so much better!”

#recovery #wedorecover #RecoveryPosse

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

With the cost of wood being what it is, we’re not wasting a dang thing. Every scrap is getting repurposed. #diy #diyonabudget #repurpose 

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

Pro tip: Don’t do meth.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

I need a weirdo who will pay my mortgage next month in exchange for feet pics so I can take some time off work and focus on self care. Just kidding. Kind of. 😅

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

Please keep my family in your prayers. Even though I keep my distance, I still have nothing but love for them.
This isn’t fair and my heart goes out to all of them.
Rest in peace, nephew. You had a smile that lit up every room.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

On a leave of absence from work to focus on self care and my family.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

This place is a dumpster fire

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

@Realdammshar Boundaries with my children have been the hardest by far.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

I once had someone I loved and looked up to tell me that they didn’t believe my daughter with Level 3 autism was autistic, but that I was just a bad mom and hadn’t loved her enough.
I’ll be just fine if you don’t like me.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

Instead of closing the border he made gas prices so high no one can afford to cross it anymore.
All part of his master plan.
So much winning.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

On a leave of absence from work to focus on self care and my family.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

@RobW521 💜 thank you friend

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

Please donate and/or share to help my family lay my nephew to rest.

https://t.co/RsIcs0Ks24

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

@RobW521 Thank you

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

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[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

Please keep my family in your prayers. Even though I keep my distance, I still have nothing but love for them.
This isn’t fair and my heart goes out to all of them.
Rest in peace, nephew. You had a smile that lit up every room.

[Zola In Recovery @ZolaInRecovery]

En route to my youngest daughter’s graduation. I haven’t missed a single one of my kid’s graduation ceremonies. A gift of recovery.